Monthly Archives: October 2025

23. Front Quarter View of Painted Body 4
Painting the Body Parts Figure 1 shows the assemblage of parts ready for a trip into the paint booth. The body will be moved out temporarily. Figure 2 shows the parts moved into the paint booth for painting. The fenders were temporarily masked as shown in Figure 3 so that […]

Painting SAAB Olive Green GN5

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2. Eastwood After Blast on Fender 3
Sandblasting The trusty Harbor Freight sandblaster was put to work on cleaning the fenders and trunk lid. Figure 1 shows the pile of coal slag blasted fenders. Phosphate and Zinc Treatment The media cleaned fenders and trunk lid next were treated with Eastwood After Blast, a phosphate/zinc coating product. See […]

Prepping Fenders and Trunk Lid for Painting

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37. The Finished Transmission 1
Disassembly and Evaluation I am no where near ready for installation of the transmission but just had to know if I had a good one or not. I was hoping that I might only have to deal with the infamous loose pinion shaft nut and call it a day. But, […]

Transmission Rebuild

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